Wausau School Board sets special meeting for holiday-music controversy

8:42 PM,
Oct. 8, 2013

Choral director Phil Buch leads the Wausau West High School Concert Chorale during a rehearsal.

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The Wausau School Board will hold a special meeting Thursday to confront the conflict boiling around recently announced limits placed on the use of sacred music during holiday performances.

The School Board will meet in open session at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Wausau East High School, Board President Michelle Schaefer said Tuesday. The meeting will consist of a review of the issue by administrators, a time for public comment and School Board discussion and possibly action.

"This issue is important enough to have its own meeting. We want to make sure we listen to the community and give it ...